During his State of State speech last week, Gov. Spencer Cox joked “I would love to build a wall around our state — and get California to pay for it — but that is not going to happen.”

Cox went on to talk about more serious solutions, like his proposed Utah First Homes program which aims to build 35,000 starter homes over the next five years. “While we need more of everything, my focus is on affordable, attainable, single-family, owner-occupied, detached housing,” the governor said.

Affordable housing is going to be a big topic this legislative session and lawmakers are considering encouraging modular housing and boosting the funding for a first-time homebuyers program.

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